Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-26
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k LOCAL NEWS NOTES.
Business is constantly improving j
: Butte.
Q The Chinese began celebrating their Ne,
Year last evening.
q. P. Brown, representing Marshal
Field & Co., OF Chicago, is in the city.
Morgan Thomas, of Stuart, reports tn
+ snow rapidly disappearing from the Valley
J.. P. Meyer, a San Francisco travelin
man, is in the mining metropolis on a bust
!, |, ness visit.
i 1t was rumored last night that Dune Nc
, Donald was knocked out at Duluth, MINI.
by Killien.
Hon. George w. Stapleton left last even
ing for New York City, where his family ar
at present.
Lacha pelle, the barber, has removed hi
place of business from lower Main to Eas'
Park street.
Festivity and hanquetting was the ordel
in Chinatown last night. "Allesamee Nell
can Nance" .
Rudolph Haggin. who represents one o
the largest hardware houses in San Fran
cisco, is in Butte.
j. W. Penglase, a gentleman who is in
terested in an Ogden, Utah, business house
paid Butte a visit yesterday.
Thomas o. Miles, a valley ranchman, re-
ports the nov deeper in Prices gulch this
winter than he ever knew it before.
Rents in Butte during the past fall have
come down 20 per cent. They can come
down 20 per cent. more without harm.
At a progressive euchre party last night
Oh upper Idahe street a charming young
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Thee!"
Jack Waite got $40 and costs in Justice
Dingevon's court yesterday for assault and
gathering a Comique attache named Fred
Webster.
Silver bars were yesterday quoted at
81. O2K. Chill bars have varied but very
little during the past week, they being
quoted 1T $39.1O.
J. H. Young, representing the North.
western railroad system, is so%journing in
the city that does the largest freight bust
ness in the Territory.
Prof. Macallister closed a three-weeks'
engagement at the Newport last night. The
professor is one of the best magicians on
the road, and a gentleman withal.
Mcdonald, the Comique doorkeeper, used
force last night in ejectiEg a crowd who
were bound to take in the show for moth
ing. Better pay at the door, boys.
The citizens O! South Butte complain
about the electric light system in that
ity. The electrician of the Electric Light
Company should give the same his atten-
ton.
The young ladies of the 1. 0. G. T. are
zealoIsly working for the success OF their
ball on tomorrow night. They claim it
will be one OF the most entertaining OF the
season.
A bottle of settler water, becoming over
heated, exploded last night in the Side
board Saloon on Park street. The bar
keeper was injured in the face by the
broken glass.
The Anaconda Company one day last
week shipped seventeen cars OF matte, the
largest single shipment ever made from
their smelter. All twenty-six furnaces are
now running full blast.
Justice Evan Herbert, OF VAUDEVILLE,
is not only clothed with the tie proper
authority but is supplied with the neees-
sary blanks to tie the marriage knot. All
the Judge" desires is practice.
j. w. Perkins, g. former foreman OF The
MINER, returned Saturday from a three
weeks visit to the pine woods and saw
mills OF his old Wisconsin home-Eau
oIoAAO L ANPc4 ~ thoU Co"A FCly Oul
Mr.. J. Mansfield, a popular ex-Montana
Union passenger conductor, ia now on the
main line Of the Northern Pacific between
Helena and Heron. He paid Butte a visit
Saturday, and says Heron is a poor town
to lay over in.
Died-At Butte %Sanitarium, January %,
George w. Sweitzer, aged about 81 years.
The funeral will take place from Singers
undertaking establishment on West Park
street, at 1:3O p. IN. to-day. Friends of
the deceased are invited to attend. De-
ceased had been employed a short time at |
Clark g Colusa smelter.
Yesterday morning Justice Dingevon |
heard the testimony in the cause OF Mr.. !
Gilmore VS.. Amy Silversmith Mining Com
pany. Suit was brought to recover IS
to be due to Mr.. Gilmore in not
being notified that his wages had been re-
duced from $3.50 per day to S.. The Jury
IL verdict for defendant.
Schuyler Gates, superintendent OF tine
Hope Mining company, has returned from
4 business trip to Park City and Salt Lake,
Utah. Arrangements are being made to
start up the Orphan Girl, situated between
,ere and Burlington. Everything being
adorable, work will be resumed on that
nine at an early date under his manage
nent.
The Northern Pacific has issued orders
o the conductors to recognize certificates
If membership in the Conductors, Engi-
,eers' and Firemen's unions as passes over
hat road. Now, if they will issue a sup
order to freight conductors to
AIRY free all men producing a travelling I
ard OF the printers union, that road
'ould soon be the best advertised one in .
he United States. i!
Ed. Westlake had another hearing before
ustice Lippincott yesterday. He was held ,
4 $500 bond on the threat to kill" :
barge. subject to good behavior; on the 4.
burglary" CASE he waived examination, !
ond $500; pleaded guilty to the assault"
barge, and was fined $50 and costs. e
'ot being able to give bond, he went back !
0 the county jail. Janereaux has not re-
from the humping Westlake gave g
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